Former Chillicothe newsman dies at 71

5:16 PM,
Oct. 9, 2012

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CINCINNATI - Steven B. Stevens, a former newsman from Chillicothe whose booming voice helped earn him a place in the St. Louis Broadcast Hall of Fame, died Saturday at the age of 71.

Stevens was just 15 when he launched his radio career at WBEX in 1957. There he met his Chillicothe High School classmate and fellow aspiring broadcaster Dick Rutherford, who was 16. The two became friends and co-hosts.

"We weren't employees or anything, but they gave us a half-hour show. ... We started doing little skits and comedy routines," Rutherford said Tuesday. ...